PHP development services for lasting web products

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Website? API? E-commerce? SaaS? PHP is a good choice for many different kinds of web products. How can we be sure? Using PHP language, we have built over 100 web applications , for various branches, in the the last 13 years. From ERP software for the oil industry to AI-driven Californian startups. We've been there and seen how these web applications thrive, fueled by the PHP code, written by us.

PHP is a native environment for web app development, but it requires experience to build really future-proof products. That is why our PHP development services focus on:

PHP web applications, after initial software development in the MVP stage, usually face similar problems . Keeping the budget low while delivering many features leads to technical debt.

This is why at the core of our web development services are the refinement & refactoring of PHP and JavaScript web applications. We focus on the existing web software, improving its technical health, getting rid of technical debt and enhancing user experience. Thanks to our work on architecture refinement, code refactoring & cloud infrastructure we help our customers and their apps:

PHP is a native environment for web app development, but it requires experience to build really future-proof products. That is why our PHP development services focus on:

PHP web applications, after initial software development in the MVP stage, usually face similar problems . Keeping the budget low while delivering many features leads to technical debt.

Optimizing web application performance
Software scalability and cloud infrastructure
Reducing web development costs & cost-effective maintenance
High web app reliability and maintainability
Improving the time to market for new features and bug fixes
Better usability & user experience
Testing and hardening web security
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We are a team of senior certified developers with over a decade of PHP web application development. We are from Poland, but we speak and think in PHP!

The history of our PHP development services goes back to 2010, back then we were among the first PHP development companies in Poland focused on the PHP Symfony framework. Since then, our seasoned PHP developers created or enhanced 100+ web applications and dynamic web pages. From startup MVPs to enterprise PHP software, in the last 13 years, we worked with customers and products from the whole world. Including the United States, UK, EU & UAE.

Web architecture refinement, scaling web software, refactoring of legacy PHP code... these are not the tasks for juniors. Experience is key here, that is why we hire only top PHP developers. Our team is built mostly with senior developers experienced with 7+ years in web development.

Top App Modernization Service Clutch Poland 2023

Average rating

4 . 9

on Clutch.co

Experience

13 years in the PHP application development market
100+ PHP applications built or refined
7 years of PHP developer experience on average
Certified Symfony Developers on board
University program for PHP developers

Software craftsmanship

Clean code principles
Peer code reviews
Modular and extensible architecture
Test-driven development
Team & developer accountability

You can say that the web development world is dominated by PHP. Almost 80% of websites with a known server-side programming language use PHP in some way. That is every 8 out of 10 websites on the Internet. Why is it so popular? Because it provides a great mix of simplicity and maturity. PHP is extremely flexible, it's great for building web products of all kinds - from simple websites and blogs to complex web applications.

PHP development is a perfect choice for startups that want their MVPs to be created quickly and in a cost-effective way. But PHP language is also mature enough to be a core of an enterprise-level application that requires great software design and reliable architecture. It is simple, lightweight and platform-independent. Can be installed on almost any server environment with no time and cost. An additional advantage is a large community of talented PHP developers around the world, ready to share their expertise, knowledge and guidelines.

And of course, PHP has great frameworks like Symfony and Laravel - that take software development to the next level. Speaking of frameworks, our PHP development services date back to 2010, when we were among the first web development companies from Poland focused on the Symfony framework. Need help with PHP? Hire web developers that know it by heart!

PHP has a perfect learning curve and flexibility. Simple enough to start building small websites quickly. And mature enough to allow a great software design for enterprise applications with a complex business domain. I appreciate it as a CTO and as a PHP developer myself.

Great products developed with PHP

Wikipedia
Number one online encyclopedia. Probably the largest knowledge base in the world. Running on MediaWiki script built entirely in PHP and MySQL.
Wordpress
PHP & MySQL-based, open-source content management system for blogs and websites. Known by all bloggers, content creators and editors.
Yahoo!
Built initially entirely on PHP, Yahoo! was the first mailing service and search engine that gave a real taste of the Internet.
Facebook
Used by 2.7 billion people around the world. Although its tech stack evolved, Facebook was originally written entirely in PHP.

Benefits of PHP language in the software development

Flexibility
Extremely flexible, simple enough for websites, and mature enough for complex enterprise applications.
Maturity
First released in 1995, the same year as Java. Matured with the growth of PHP frameworks and a community of professional PHP developers.
Popularity
PHP is used by 78.9% of all websites with a known server-side programming language - according to W3Tech.
Cost effectiveness
PHP is an open-source back-end language. It is completely free with no licencing costs for your software development.
Performance
When used properly, PHP is a very efficient language and a great choice for building high-performance, scalable applications.
Compatibility
PHP is platform-independent. Compatible with a majority of operating systems, it will run on almost any server environment.

With our custom PHP development services, we specialize in high-performance, scalable and reliable web applications. Although PHP is our core back-end language, as a full-stack leading development company we use many other programming languages, frameworks and tools. This is to ensure that you will get the best technology market has to offer.

From SQL databases like PostgreSQL or MySQL to NoSQL databases with Elastic, Redis or Neo4j. Taking care of front-end development (Javascript, Vue, Angular, HTML CSS), as well as DevOps and cloud (CI/CD tools, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Google Cloud). We are here to help as your full-stack web development team!

Let us also help you with

Clouds and
DevOps

UI/UX
Design

Front-end
development

Maintenance

We are a web development company specializing in improving existing PHP projects & JavaScript apps & websites. We enhance, optimize and secure web products, to make them scalable & future-proof. For the past 13 years, we’ve focused on solving deep issues within existing PHP products, and saw them flourish as the result. This gave us awards and recognition among the best PHP development companies.

Why Accesto?

Expertise in enhancing marketplaces, websites and SaaS software
100+ websites & web apps created, 13 years on the market
High team seniority - 7 years of experience on average for a PHP developer
Focus on clean, high-quality code and robust scalable architecture
Battle-proven approach to working with existing PHP/Javascript software
Expertise in scaling web apps & performance optimization
Multi-level quality assurance and code review leading to high-quality products
Great products owning experience, released also 2 own successful startups
Offering full stack software development services, from analysis to the final app or website
Speaking on branch events (4Developers, PHPCon, PHPers Summit, Boiling Frogs)
Undergraduate study programme on PHP with the University of Lower Silesia
Consulting and teaching other teams how to make their development better
Certified Symfony developers on board
Happy clients around the world - Great Britain, the United States, the whole EU, and UAE
Our clients get award recognition for products we create
Recognized among the best PHP development companies in Poland
Average rating 4.8/5 from many reviews on Clutch.co

Clients

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Placker
PM SaaS, Netherlands
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MediaHQ
PR SaaS, Dublin
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Bestcruiter
HR platform, Germany
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Divante
eCommerce experts, Poland
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Blossom
edu-tech platform, London
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Healthgrahpic
health-tech, California
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Cupsell
e-commerce, Poland
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WorkPanda
HR platform, Dubai
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bSafer
health & safety SaaS, Norway
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Skylegs
aviation platform, Belgium

"Placker would not be in the good shape it is in today without Accesto. They have been critical to the client's continuous growth and success. In addition to technical expertise, their communication and reliability are both top-notch. Their team takes a pragmatic approach to problem-solving."

Reinder Visser

CEO of Placker, Netherlands

"The website visibly improved within several weeks of the project’s commencement. Accesto is able to solve problems and communicate solutions. They provide a good quality of work and are able to bring creative visions to life on complex projects and software systems."

Piotr Jakobczyk

CEO of Bestcruiter, Germany

"They have great attention to detail, adopting a methodology of continuous improvement. This helped to ensure quality throughout the life cycle of the project. An agile approach was also adopted to ensure that at each stage of the project, we were building a robust platform."

Shyam Visavadia

CEO of WorkPanda, Dubai

Ongoing partnership since 2018

Placker.com

Project management SaaS from the Netherlands used globally by 130k users. Our agile process of architecture refactoring reduced Placker’s maintenance and development time & effort by 40%. Recently a new module built in just 2 weeks made Placker win Atlassian’s Codegeist 2020 for the Best app for remote working.

Ongoing partnership since 2016

Notebookrank.com

E-commerce service that uses AI-algorithms to advise on laptop purchases. Code & architecture tweaks enabled scaling from Polish market to the UK & India - and soon also other countries. Reduced by 83% load times and redesigned usability improved conversion rate by 65% compared to the local version.

Ongoing partnership since 2016

MediaHQ.com

PR & media SaaS platform from Dublin, used by Bank of Ireland and National Museum. For the 4 years of cooperation we gradually reduced their technical debt by 87% converting their legacy software to highly scalable cloud applications. This resulted in a successful launch on the 12x larger UK market last year.

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Wikipedia

Wordpress

Yahoo!

Facebook

Let us also help you with

Placker

MediaHQ

Bestcruiter

Divante

Blossom

Healthgrahpic

Cupsell

WorkPanda

bSafer

Skylegs

Placker.com

Notebookrank.com

MediaHQ.com